Cameroon coach Rigobert Song included goalkeeper Andre Onana however dropped striker Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting when he named their squad for subsequent month’s African Cup of Nations finals on Thursday. Onana, 27, had walked out on Cameroon after a row with Song ultimately 12 months’s World Cup in Qatar however returned after a reconciliation with the coach to assist Cameroon qualify for the Cup of Nations finals within the Ivory Coast, which will get underway on Jan. 13.

Choupo Moting, who first debuted for the Indomitable Lions on the 2010 World Cup, paid a value for having missed Cameroon’s final three outings. “Choupo Moting is a very good player. But my staff and I want the continuity of recent times. He is an important player, but we had to make a choice in line with what we have been doing for some time now,” Song advised a press convention as he named his 27-man squad.

Cameroon will likely be with out Brentford striker Bryan Mbeumo, who underwent surgical procedure on his proper ankle earlier this month. Song shocked with the choice of 17-year-old Wilfried Nathan Doualla, who performs within the Cameroon league and has by no means been beforehand called-up.

It will likely be a fifth Cup of Nations finals look for captain Vincent Aboubakar. Cameroon play Guinea on Jan. 15 of their opening Group C recreation earlier than additionally assembly holders Senegal and Gambia.

Squad: Goalkeepers: Devis Epassy (Abha Club), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Olympique de Marseille), Andre Onana (Manchester United), Fabrice Ondoa (Nimes)

Defenders: Malcom Bokele (Girondins Bordeaux), Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), Oumar Gonzalez (Al Raed), Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens), Tolo Nouhou (Seattle Sounders), Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City), Enzo Tchato (Montpellier), Christopher Wooh (Stade Rennais), Darling Yongwa (Lorient) Midfielders: Wilfried Nathan Doualla (Victoria United), Ben Elliott (Reading), Olivier Kemen (Kayserispor), Yvan Neyou (Leganes), Olivier Ntcham (Samsunspor), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli)

Forwards: Vincent Aboubakar (Besiktas), Leonel Ateba (Dynamo Douala), Frank Magri (Toulouse), Faris Pemi Moumbagna (Bodo/Glimt), Francois-Regis Mughe (Olympique de Marseille), Clinton Njie (Sivasspor), Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (Damac), Karl Toko Ekambi (Abha Club). (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town)

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